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finally used my march pump
finally used my march pump today. Got it for christmas, but had to get attachments, and piecemeal things together, then when I had time to brew, I didn't feel like throwing somthing else into the mix that might slow me down.
Worked great, I didn't even have to airate, as I just jetted it into my fermenters at 74degrees, friggin awsome. filling up both fermenters took 5 minutes, wow, what a time saver took 5 and a half hours to brew a full 10 gallon batch.
Oh well, If it saves this much time, I guess I have something else to clean.
burguru,
how did you use your pump in your setup? re-circ mash? whirpool chilling?
i'm thinking i'll probably be adding a pump soon, and i'm interested in where people see the biggest benefits from using one.
thanks
So I guess that means I need to step up and get mine rolling too.
I have all the tubing and fittings, I just need to put it together in the system.
As I don't have a semi-permanent brewing rig put together I want to mount the pump in some sort of wood box of make a little stand for it to make it easier to move around.
I am waiting for a Sabco false bottom to show up, so maybe I'll use that as an excuse before I get the pump running.
Hey osky,
I just used it to pump through my plate chiller at the end of the batch, I didn't even need to recirculate into the pot first, just the fermenters, and it came out at 74F.
I didn't see the need to recirculate in my Tun, as I had a great flow already, and 1n1m3g told me in the past you could possibly pull some tannins out of the mash. I have a little high temp plastic nozzle that cost like 2 buck from Northern brewer, that's fits on the end of my 3/8th inch hi temp tubing, it is adjustable, and turned it until I got a nice jet ouf of it, and airated the wort that way. fermenting nicely, and took off 4 hrs after pitch. Used Danstar nottingham yeast, never used this before, so we will see how it comes out.
That being said, I don't have a table either, and the last thing I need for my setup, is to get my kegs converted, and find a stand. (this will probably be done sometime in the next 10 years).
It is tough introducting new equipment, and this was the problem I had to overcome, just find the time to get the attachments needed, and get over the nervousness of using the pump.
brewchez, I just cut out the end of a 2 liter soda bottle, and threw it over the exposed electronics of the pump. I then took a page from Thirsty's book, and used a power surge strip to turn it off and on, worked great. Use the hi temp thread sealant that I gave you to seal up the connections on the pump.
I have the most ghetto pump setup. Just a few 2x4s nailed together, leaning against a table with fermenter on it. Pump is mounted to bottom of wooden frame thing, and kettle is about 9" higher... +1 on the power strip for easy on/off control..
ricka182 wrote:
I have the most ghetto pump setup. Just a few 2x4s nailed together, leaning against a table with fermenter on it. Pump is mounted to bottom of wooden frame thing, and kettle is about 9" higher... +1 on the power strip for easy on/off control..
Thats what I was thinking about doing, just a little more elaborate...but not by much.
When I first got my pump, chiller and water filtration I had these kick ass plans to mount everything to my brew cart but in the end didnt mount any of it. Makes it so much easier to clean and it just lays there and does the job regardless.
Cleaning equipment that has hard to reach places is definitely a concern, but in my experience this hasn't been a big problem. I have my pump and chiller mounted to my rig and to clean both I just run hot water collected from the counterflow chiller back through the pump and then through the chiller for 10 min or so. This will definitely get out any residual sugar in both. To sanitize, I just pump iodophor solution through both and then just let it set until the boil is finished. I then pump the hot wort though behind the iodophor solution, collecting the iodophor in a bucket until the beer starts to come through. Cheers!
1n1m3g:
After the cleaning session, how do you purge out the chiller of the wash water that's in there for storage between sessions?
I use my air compressor.
After cleaning, I let my chiller sit upright for a few hours, the excess water collects at one end. Then it gets dumped out, and set by a window to dry..
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